IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vallers
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982MN155022 (3541)
  • User Pedon ID: S1982MN155022 (3541)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3541
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48877
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 45.5992889
  • Std. Longitude: -96.3014679
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 125N
  • Range: 45W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 275 feet south and 1890 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN155—Traverse
  • MLRA: 102A—Rolling Till Prairie
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN155—Traverse County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45096-E3—Johnson, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Peter R. Hartman, Grant K. Johnson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Calciaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vallers
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/14/2015
  • Classifier - T. Neuenfeldt
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Winger
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: lake plain
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/27/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    calcic horizon

    0—36

    36—74

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    —38—
    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    645

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    145

    6

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN354101; dry when described;
    Ak—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN354102; moist when described;
    Bkg—36 to 74 centimeters (14.2 to 29.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN354103; moist when described;
    2Cg1—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loam; friable; 11 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN354104; moist when described;
    2Cg2—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loam; friable; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # MN354105; moist when described;